Example sentences of "she needed [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Loved by Fenna and by Rachel it had never occurred to her to consider herself unlovable , but now she needed a counter-weight in the real world , and her mother would never be that for her . |
| 2 | SHe needed a more immediate bolt-hole . |
| 3 | It was simply tiredness , she explained , she needed a couple of hours ’ sleep . |
| 4 | Right now , she needed a fix . |
| 5 | She felt much better for about 6 weeks , but it was clear that she needed a higher potency in order to cure . |
| 6 | Violet Huel , it transpired , had returned from the city because her father was dying ; she needed a job and she needed one quick . |
| 7 | Maybe she needed a pair in a hurry because the ones she had were worn out . |
| 8 | What she did n't want to admit was that she needed a man in it . |
| 9 | She needed a lot of persuading , but Sean was persuasive . |
| 10 | She felt she needed a little pampering . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh yes , she should stay where she is , she 's alright at home — I suppose the only circumstances in which I would n't be able to manage would be if she needed a lot more done for her — personal things like . ’ |
| 12 | I 'd have thought she needed a steady young chap . ’ |
| 13 | I just says to Mrs Sneddon that she needed a new battery for her hearing aid and that a daimen-icker in a thrave didny mean whit she thought it did ! |
| 14 | She could n't really afford it and when she needed a new cylinder it had to be humped up three flights of stairs , always a nuisance for which she had to enlist the help of one of her boyfriends , but when she got cold Theresa 's fingers turned numb , white , bloodless lumps that no longer seemed to belong to her hands . |
| 15 | She needed a little experience here in the provinces first , of course , just enough to give her finesse and confidence , not too much so that she became jaded , and then … |
| 16 | Mrs Over said : ‘ In November last year she was working extremely hard and decided she needed a three-week holiday . |
| 17 | She needed a good diet sheet and daily workouts , Mary Rose decided , and began advising her how to go about it . |
| 18 | As Diana prepared for battle she knew she needed a strategy . |
| 19 | I asked if she needed a ride . |
| 20 | She found his sophistication so overwhelming that she needed a space in order to assimilate all the things he was introducing into her life . |
| 21 | Mother 's own experience as a child had taught her to be self-sufficient and she needed a lot of support and practice at learning how to meet Maria 's emotional and social needs . |
| 22 | Her throat swelled up until she needed a tracheotomy . |
| 23 | But Patsy decided she needed a hand with the unpacking and phoned him from the car on the way home . |
| 24 | She needed a manageress , if that 's the right word , three years ago — a sort of paid annual summer vacation . ’ |
| 25 | Maybe she needed a right-hander . |
| 26 | It 's too traumatic coming back to nothing and besides , my girlfriend refuses to travel with me AND my camera again , she needed a holiday when we got back . ’ |
| 27 | She needed a short cultural briefing session for a Japanese employee newly arrived in Manchester . |
| 28 | ‘ I wonder why she came , though ? ’ he said , ‘ she does n't look as if she needed a free meal . |
| 29 | She needed a rest . |
| 30 | Tonight she needed a long soft loving , and he was the man to give it to her . |